My ten gallon tropical tank is getting some algae spots on the glass. The plants are doing good new leaves on all the new ones I have.two java, some viney with little leaves I got free from ordering a plant off eBay for the gold fish to eat. But I don't want to get a pleco for this tank because if it gets big a don't have any were to put it and my larger tank already as a big one. What can I get that stays small won't eat my plants and gets along with my two frogs, female beta, two glass fish and two Corry cats? Snale I don't want tons of eggs I know they breed a lot. Any small algae eater??

Honestly, if itís just on the glass, then use an algae magnet.
I have otocinclus, pond snails, rams horn, and Malaysian trumpet snails and they donít put a dent in the algae on the glass. A nerite might though. The only reason I donít have them is because the females may lay these non-fertile sesame seed like eggs.

Maybe try a timer on your tank light and have it turn off after 4-6 hours for an hour or 2, and then on again for 4-6 hours. Timers might be on sale now especially for Christmas lights, manual dial ones are around $5-6. There are reptile strip plug things which come with a timer for lights and all other stuff stays on too, I think from Zoo Med /thisZoo Med Aquasun Controller: Lighting

Try that and try doing a little more often pwc and also try to watch feeding too much.

Thanks every one I got the lights on a timer and cut back a bit on the feeding. I also added blinds on the side window I think they were getting too much sunlight coming in from the side in the afternoon. I'll see if it helps. Tank looks better after I got the algae cleaned up.